Senior Scientific Director (Dermatology)

The Lockwood Group, LLC
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for experienced scientific leaders who manage complex account strategies and deliver high-quality content in a remote setting.

Best fit for

  • Experienced scientific leaders with a background in medical communications and brand strategy
    — “leading client interactions and brand strategy”
  • Candidates with 10+ years of experience in medical education content creation and project management
    — “10 or more years of relevant job experience with promotional medical education content”
  • Individuals who thrive in a remote-first, flexible work environment with high independence
    — “most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance”

Things to consider

  • Advanced scientific degree is a mandatory requirement, not a preference
    — “An advanced degree in science is required”
  • The role demands tight deadline management with limited supervision
    — “manage projects within tight deadlines with limited direction”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in leading scientific content for pharmaceutical or biotech clients
    — “collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries”
  • Demonstrate mastery of medical editorial processes like AMA style in your work samples
    — “Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (eg, AMA style)”
  • Showcase your ability to identify and address client obstacles through strategic thinking
    — “challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles”
  • Emphasize your track record in managing multiple accounts or large-scale projects
    — “managing most aspects of the scientific contributions across a large and/or multiple accounts”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • client satisfaction
  • brand development
  • scientific accuracy
Typical background
scientific or medical degree

Skills & requirements

Required

Scientific Content DevelopmentBrand StrategyClient InteractionProject Management

Preferred

Dermatology ExperienceMedical Communications

Stack & domain

Scientific ContentPromotional Medical EducationAdvisory BoardsSpeaker ProgramsSlide DecksOrganizational SkillsAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal CommunicationProject ManagementPharmaceuticalBiotechMedical DeviceDermatology

About the role

Original posting from The Lockwood Group, LLC via Greenhouse

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business. 

Summary: In this role, the Senior Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas and managing most aspects of the scientific contributions across a large and/or multiple accounts.. 

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include leading assigned accounts, leading client interactions and brand strategy, leading the scientific portion of brand planning and business development, managing resource allocation, partnering with client services to develop SOWs and timelines and identifying areas for new and organic growth.

Education: An advanced degree in science is required. 

Professional Skills & Experience:

Candidates must have 10 or more years of relevant job experience with promotional medical education content such as advisory boards, speaker programs, slide decks, etc. 

This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines with limited direction. 

Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (eg, AMA style) and ethical guidelines is also required. 

Experience with Dermatology preferred but not required. 

Source: The Lockwood Group, LLC careers (Greenhouse)

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